Pocket ornament



Sept. 4, 1923.

R. C. CREECH, JR

POCKET ORNAMENT Filed June 15 1921 mun- Patented Sept. 4, 1923.

.end, by stitching UNITED STATES 1,466,993 PATnnT OFFICE.

ROBERT CHARLES GREECE, JR, OF COLUMBIA, SOUTH OAROLTNA.

POCKET ORNAMENT.

Application filed June 15, 1921. Serial No. 477,778.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Roam CHARLES Cannon, J r., a citizen of theUnited States, residing at Columbia, in the county of Bichland and State of South Carolina, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pocket Ornaments, of which .yet answer the same purpose.

Another ob'ect of the invention is to provide a plurality of interchangeable articles of this character whereby various types may be alternately or interchangeably used.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in certain novel features of construction as herein shown and described, and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 represents a portion of a mans coat showing the left hand upper coat pocket with the ornament constituting this invention shown applied, a portion of the pocket bein broken out to disclose the mounting o the ornament in the pocket.

Fig. 2, is' a transverse vertical section taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one of the ornaments detached.

A ocket ornament in accordance with this 1nvention comprises a mounting referred to generally by the reference character 1, and composed of a pair of inverted frustro triangular shaped holding members,

2, 3, formed from two complemental sheets of cardboard or other suitable material, which are arranged in abutting relation and are secured together at their sides and inner or otherwise. The mem bers 2, 3, at their outer detached ends possess an inherent clamping characteristic when slightly extended in opposite direction with respect to each other so as to clamp therebetween and hold projected therefrom an ornamentive tip which in Figure 1 is illustrated in the form of the tips 4 of a handkerchief, and in Figure 3 as finger tips 5 of a glove.

The mounting for these tips may be of any desired shape, preferably of substantially truncated triangular contour to facilitate its ready insertion in the pocket of the garment. I

By securin the tips 4 or 5, in the fiat mountin 1, t ey may be positioned in the pocket to project above the upper edge thereof, and present the appearance of'a folded handkerchief or a glove, and yet the objectionable bulk incident to the use of the completed article is avoided. The

pocket P, being usually made very small and when a pair of gloves or a glove, is inserted therein, the body portion of the glove will cause the pocket to bulge outwardly and present an objectionable appearance.

Any suitable means may be employed for retaining the device within the, pocket P, a pair of downturned prongs 6, being here shown carried by a rod 7, located between the upper portions of the clampin elements 2 and 3, and which is equippe with a ing eye 8 to provide for the passage of stitches or other securing means for holding the rod against turning between the plies. Each terminus of the rod 7 is bent at right angles and extends through the element 2, and with which a prong 6 is integral.

While handkerchiefs and glove tips are shown in the embodiment herein obviously any ornamental device which it would be desired to carry in this pocket or in any other pocket for that matter may be substituted, the gist of the invention residing ,in the flat mounting or holding the ornament and securing it within the pocket.

The preferred embodiment of the invention is disclosed in the drawings and set forth in the specification, but it will be understood that any modifications within the scope of the claimed invention may be made in the construction without departing from the principle of the invention or sacrificin any of its advantages.

at claim is 1. A device for the purpose set forth comprising a pair of complemental holdmg elements arranged normally in abutting relation and having the sides and inner end thereof secured together, said elements at their outer ends possessing an inherent clamping characteristic when slightly extended 1n opposite directions with respect to each other for solely securing an ornament between the outer ends of said elements, and each of said elements being flat.

and of inverted truncated triangular shape.

:2. A device for the purpose set forth eomprising a pair of complemental holding elements arranged normally in abutting relation and having the sides and inner end thereofsecul'cd together, said elements at their outer ends possessing an inherent clamping characteristic when sli htly extended in opposite directions wit respect ment between the'outer ends of said elements, and means arranged against the inner face of one of said elements and projecting through and depending downwardly at the outer face ofisaid element for detachably securing said elements in position within a pocket.

In testimony whereof, I afiix xny signs.- 20

ture hereto. I

ROBERT CHARLES CREECH, JR. 

